$100k salary, packing up from Manchester
changea dispatch from
hagerstown
MD
39.64°N
77.72°W
Hagerstown is the Hub City of western Maryland, where rail lines and highways converge in the Cumberland Valley. The downtown has a small but charming historic core. Antietam Battlefield is 30 minutes south, with some of the most affecting Civil War landscape in the country. The Appalachian Trail crosses just to the west. Quiet, with serious history nearby.
the verdict
more each month than Manchester ran you
Almost a wash on cost. The case for Hagerstown is about what you'd do there, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$1,587/mo
24% cheaper than Manchester(vs $2,092/mo)
8.2%
$683/mo more in state tax than Manchester
vs 0% in Manchester
$6,063/mo
$178 less than Manchester
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$321k
41% cheaper than Manchester
vs $548k in Manchester
305k
vs 427k in Manchester
field notes, weather & such.
160
pleasant days a year, in hagerstown.
Manchester barely cracks 154 pleasant ones.
About as much going on as in Manchester.
56/100
10% lower than Manchester
vs 62/100 in Manchester
Closest outdoor draw: Appalachian Trail Corridor, 54.3 mi.
88/100
10% lower than Manchester
vs 98/100 in Manchester
2
85% fewer than Manchester
vs 13 nonstops in Manchester
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